Having to select the action i wanted from the tools menu everytimer instead of right clicking on the object was very frustrating, and so was having to click right in the middle of an object to select it rather than being able to click on any part of it.Īdding the fab library in eagle was fairly easy, however I couldnt find the Fab library file, all i found was the raw code in an old github so I copied it in a text file and saved it as an eagle library which worked fairly well.īeing used to using Altium designer, I did not enjoy the use of eagle that much when trying out placing some parts and connecting them so i decided to give circuit maker which is the free version of Altium designer a try.ĬircuitMaker is electronic design automation software for printed circuit board designs targeted at the hobby, hacker, and maker community. The enviornment in eagle took a lot of getting used to, it was kind of tricky to figure out how to do anything there since i am used to using altium designer and it has very different shortcuts to get things done. To create a pcb, you must create a project with a schematic file and a pcb file within it. I havent used Eagle before so I first started experimenting with using Eagle to create the schematic and the pcb as it was a software I wanted to explore and it seemed to be what everyone was going to be using.Īt first I just started getting used to the settings and the environment. I spent waaay more time than I should have doing this assignmentĪutodesk EAGLE is powerful, easy-to-use PCB design and schematic software.

I've used Altium designer before and do own a license for it so it was one of my options. To create the schematic design I started experimenting with several design softwares (probably more than I should have) to find one I liked and wanted to work on.

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This week's assignment is to design an electronic circuit, by redrawing the hello world board and adding a button and LED.

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